#EF8F79#EF8F79

#EF8F79 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.122 H 33.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF8F79
RGB	rgb(239, 143, 121)
HSL	hsl(11, 79%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(11, 49%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.2%, 49.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, 34.08, 27.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 43.66, 38.69°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% 0.1011 0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.122 33.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.8733, 39.3806, 23.1127)
Luminance	0.3938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF8F79 #79D9EF

analogous

#EF799E #EF8F79 #EFCA79

triadic

#EF8F79 #79EF8F #8F79EF

tetradic

#EF8F79 #9EEF79 #79D9EF #CA79EF

square

#EF8F79 #9EEF79 #79D9EF #CA79EF

split-complementary

#EF8F79 #79EFCA #799EEF

monochromatic

#D43C19 #E86142 #EF8F79 #F6BDB0 #FCE8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#EF8F79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#EF8F79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF8F79

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF8F79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF8F79	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69C77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB078

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef8f79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 143, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.122 33.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8b1a0',
    500: '#ef8f79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef8f79;
$custom-light: #f8b1a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef8f79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.186,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74586,
    "c": 0.12159,
    "h": 33.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF8F79

secondary

#D2ECF2

accent

#B4DB0B

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF5F2

border

#D7CFCC

text

#18110E

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF8F79

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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